“Everybody in the National Hockey League -- off a faceoff, off a puck put on the wall, off a shot -- tries to put as much pressure as they can on you,” Babcock said. “So the bigger you are, the more you can handle the tight quarters to get the puck out and get the team backed off again. They do that well.

“They have a big guy at the net (6-foot-9 defenseman Zdeno Chara), they can shoot the puck up top and they have good skill, and they have two different looks. They have a spread power play in the one group and an overload with (Patrice) Bergeron high in the other.

“I’m a big believer in our penalty kill; (assistant coach) Bill Peters has done a phenomenal job with our penalty kill all year long and that and the goaltending, we have to shut their power play down. They can’t run, go crazy on the power play for us to have success.”

Chara, who led Boston with 10 power-play goals, has a cannon for a shot, but mostly is used to screen the goaltender.

“That’s a challenge for (Jimmy Howard),” Detroit’s Drew Miller said. “With a guy what big you just got to expect him to be there. Just got to take care of the other spots on the ice, be structured through the neutral zone so they don’t get a chance to set up. That’s the main thing for us, not letting them get set up, and getting the puck out before they can get in their spots and get the power play going.”

Rookie defenseman Torey Krug, a Livonia native, tied for the team lead with 19 power-play points.

The Red Wings ranked 12th on the penalty kill at 83.0 percent.

“The thing with Krug is that he likes to shoot the puck but in the games against them so far we’ve been able to make some,” Miller said. “We’ll be well-prepared with video and penalty kill meetings and we’ll be ready to go. It will be a hard challenge, but I think all the penalty kill guys are excited for a challenge against a power play like theirs.”

Bruins coach Claude Julien provided no updates on his injured players. Third-line center Chris Kelly missed the final three games of the season and didn't practice this week due to a back injury. Defenseman Matt Bartkowski (undisclosed injury) also didn't skate this week. Left wing Daniel Paille (head) has been skating.